Steve Murray Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sep 23, 2025

Highlights include a deftly choreographed attempted hit and Mr. Turturro's reptilian performance.

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Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 20, 2025 4/5

Who ends up still breathing and who ends up dead on the streets or out in the woods at the titular "Miller's Crossing" is the fun of the film.

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Alan Jones Radio Times Aug 17, 2024 5/5

Byrne is simply outstanding as the cool, calculating catalyst around whom the whole vivid spectacle revolves.

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Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Oct 18, 2023

The violence, like the rest of Miller's Crossing, is poetically staged, and strangely tasteful. But the movie's real firepower is the staccato slang of its script.

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David Harris Spectrum Culture Dec 6, 2022

The Coens created an idiosyncratic film with a serpentine plot that demands repeat viewings and still functions as a strong genre film more than three decades after its release.

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Nov 11, 2022

Miller's Crossing is Miller's Crossing, the best film of the newly born decade. [Full review in Spanish]

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Aug 31, 2022 A+

The images have a talismanic, almost fetishistic quality; they have their own dream logic.

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Quentin Crisp Christopher Street May 26, 2022

It held my interest from the first frame to the last.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Mar 17, 2022 3.5/4

like so many of the Coens best films, it is an enigma, a fleeting and gripping experience that offers itself up and pulls away from us at the same time

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Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine Mar 8, 2022

Bullet-riddled and crackling with quotable dialogue, Millers Crossing gets a handsome new 2K transfer and a handful of insightful extras.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Feb 27, 2022 3.5/4

Joel and Ethan Coen's third film had the misfortune of opening three days after GoodFellas and three months before The Godfather Part III, meaning it got clobbered at the box office. That's a shame, because this was one of the best films of its year.

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Aaron Neuwirth Why So Blu Feb 22, 2022 4.5/5

Given the consistent brilliance of Coens, it's less about how it ranks against the rest and more about just looking at the film for what it is a modern classic.

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Chris Barsanti Eyes Wide Open (Medium) Feb 12, 2021

'Miller's Crossing' might start in knowing satire and a winking brand of precise mimicry but it ends in a haunting existential trap.

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Peter Sobczynski The Spool Oct 8, 2020

Despite the number of great films that [the Coens have] made, this is the one that still stands head and shoulders above the rest.

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Russ Frushtick Polygon Aug 4, 2020

If you're looking for a movie that rewards intense focus, this one fits the bill.

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Alberto Abuín Espinof Aug 28, 2019

A film that bases its enormous effectiveness on its actors - it is impossible to highlight only one, all are perfect - and in amazing dialogue. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Jared Mobarak Jaredmobarak.com Sep 27, 2018 10/10

We love these characters because they're flawed and thus allow the Coens to let the story dictate their ends.

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Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Mar 9, 2018 4/4

...my choice for Joel and Ethan Coen's masterwork.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Dec 22, 2013 10/10

[The Coen brothers'] most complicated and dense movie.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011 B+

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